The Palmae are one of the most important plant families, with great contributions to mankind. Their unique appearance, regular growth habit and adaptatibility to cultivation are remarkable, but their growth rates in ...

Από το 2006, το βελγικό δίκτυο SWIFT βρίσκεται στο επίκεντρο μιας κρίσης με σημαντικές νομικές παραμέτρους και έντονες πολιτικές διαστάσεις. Η κρίση προκλήθηκε από τις ενέργειες των αμερικανικών αρχών, ειδικότερα από την ...

Η παρούσα μελέτη πραγματεύεται τα θεσμικά μέτρα και τις δράσεις της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης στο πεδίο του τουρισμού από το έτος 1981 μέχρι σήμερα. Η μελέτη εκκινεί με μια αναφορά στα σημαντικότερα βήματα της Ευρωπαϊκής Κοινότητας ...

In this paper, we deal with mobility management for wireless sensor networks and we focus on the first phase of a handoff procedure which is concerned with the mechanics of measuring important parameters and initiating ...

The traditional approach in document indexing usually involves an Optical Character Recognition (OCR) step. Although OCR performs well in modern printed documents and documents of high quality printing, in the ...

The present work researches the types as well as the frequency of conflicts occurring in a school unit of Secondary Education. Furthermore, it eχamines the ways chosen by the school Headmasters to regulate the various ...

The COVID-19 pandemic is stress-testing existing health information exchange systems. There exists an increasing demand for sharing patient information and efficiently responding to patient medial data requests. Current ...

Female migrant domestic workers face discrimination in the health care system concerning their access to good quality health services, as well as in participation in policy and decision making (ILO, 2010; MIGS, 2008) In ...

Introduction: Measuring health- related quality of life (HRQoL) is very important for children with developmental disorders such as autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and Down syndrome (DS). However, no HRQoL studies found in ...

“When we won 5.3% in the Municipality of Athens [in 2010], they said it was circumstantial. We told them that we are here to stay. And from Athens we will spread to all of Greece. When on May 6 [2012] we won 6.9 per ...

The article aims at exploring the literature on town centre delimitation methods over the last sixty years. Specifically, the first section explores the content of the term town centre, while the second one proposes an ...

Historic research involves finding, using, and correlating information within primary and secondary sources, in order to communicate an understanding of past events. In this process, historians employ their scientific ...

The tourist industry in Cyprus, from its early beginning until now, has traveled a path of more than one century. Tourism on the island makes its first steps during the British rule. It establishes itself as an influential ...

Aging demographic changes suggest an increased demand on health and social services and elderly people prefer to be in their own homes and communities. The majority of elderly people prefer to stay at home for any form of ...

Forecasting as a scientific discipline has progressed a lot in the last 40 years, with Nobel prizes being awarded for seminal work in the field, most notably to Engle, Granger and Kahneman. Despite these advances, even ...

Unpredictability and uncertainty reigns over most of medicine. Should women be screened for mammography and men for prostate cancer? The answer is not obvious as a growing number of researchers and doctors assert that the ...

Android devices contain a vast amount of personal data of their owners. These data are stored on the device and are protected by the Android permission scheme. Android apps can obtain access to specific data items by ...

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the performance of various technical trading rules in the Athens Stock Market. We test two of the simplest and most popular trading rules- Moving Averages and MACD Indicator. We ...

The term "smart" has become widespread in consumer electronics in recent years, reflecting the consumers' need for devices that assist them in their daily activities. The term has a long history of usage in marketing science ...

In the early 2000s, the EU incrementally appeared to have espoused a distinguishing human security discourse. This was bound not only to inform its crisis management operations but also to shape its global role. Today, the ...